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Dance on Camera Festival 2009 Jan 7-11 & 16-17 View Schedule Special guests include Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and Long Island University dean Rhoda Grauer; Village Voice senior film critic J. Hoberman; Newark Star-Ledger dance critic Robert Johnson; Emmy Award-winning producer of “Dance in America” Judy Kinberg; EMPAC curator Hélène Lesterlin; choreographer, writer and renowned exponent of two forms of Indian temple dance Rajika Puri and Lawrence Rhodes, director of the Dance Division at The Juilliard School. Many of the filmmakers and choreographers are expected to attend the festival. The longest-running annual film festival showcasing the influential and formative role dance plays in cinema, Dance on Camera 2009 brings a diverse range of art forms—dance, film, animation and the newest technology—vividly to life on screen. This year’s selections range from specially commissioned shorts to a new dance film from India; from Russian ballerinas to Busby Berkeley; and from documentaries on dance virtuosos Antonio Gades and Jerome Robbins to a rare screening of the 1918 silent film classic The Blue Bird featuring a live piano performance by silent film accompanist Ben Model. Co-presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association. Read more... La Rondine ~ New Production ~ Puccini 2008-09 Met Opera - Live in HD! Sat Jan 10 at 1pm ~ Standby line before showtime Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna provide the star power to deliver this ravishing romance from the world’s most popular opera composer. Read more... The New York Jewish Film Festival Jan 14–29 View Schedule See how film illuminates the rich diversity of the Jewish experience. Presented by The Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Read more... Remembering Richard Fri Jan 23 ~ Buy Tickets We honor New York Film Festival-founder Richard Roud, a major force in the creation of American film culture, with rare looks at two of his favorite films: La Ronde (Max Ophüls, France, 1950; 97m) and The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, West Germany/Italy, 1968; 93m). Read more... MORE JANUARY EVENTS ON SALE NOW! Orfeo ed Euridice – Gluck 2008-09 Met Opera - Live in HD! Sat Jan 24 at 1pm ~ Standby line before showtime This complete vision for Gluck, with choreography by Mark Morris and costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, features the artistry of Stephanie Blythe in the male title role. Lemon Tree Sat Jan 24 at 4 ~Buy Tickets Israel’s ongoing political controversies gain human dimension in Eran Riklis’s latest award-winning drama. Read more... Moses and Aaron Cinematic Opera Sun Jan 25 at 2pm ~ Buy Tickets Schönberg’s 12-tone music receives a perfect complement in Straub and Huillet’s minimalist direction. Special guest speaker: David Levin, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago and executive editor of Opera Quarterly. Read more... The final screening in this unique investigation of film and opera’s intricate relationship produced by the Film Society in collaboration with the New York City Opera. Please note: the Plenary Panel Discussion, scheduled for Sat Jan 31, has been canceled. Call the Walter Reade Theater's box office (212-875-5601) if you have already purchased tickets or a series pass. Mavericks and Outsiders: Positif Celebrates American Cinema Jan 30 – Feb 5 View Schedule Founded in 1952, the film journal Positif emerged as France’s most eloquent defender of the New American Cinema of Altman, Scorsese, Schatzberg, and others. This program, curated by Positif editor Michel Ciment and featuring several onstage discussions between Ciment and guest filmmakers, celebrates the magazine’s continuing legacy as an important and perceptive observer of American cinema. Read more... COMING ATTRACTIONS Celebrate Black History Month with Alvin Ailey Day Feb 1 Join the Film Society as we celebrate the vibrant dance company's 50th year through four programs featuring rarely seen footage, interviews and performances. Special guests include Judith Jamison and Carmen de Lavallade. Valentine’s Day Special Event Stella Dallas Fri Feb 13 at 7pm ~ Buy Tickets Belle Bennett stars as an ambitious woman who marries above her station but must give up everything for the happiness of her daughter. Co-starring Ronald Colman and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Henry King's original, classically elegant 1925 silent version of Olive Higgins Prouty’s celebrated novel is considered by many to be a greater film than King Vidor's more well-know Barbara Stanwyck weepie of 1937. With live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne, one of the U.K.’s leading silent film accompanists. Screening followed by a Meet the Artist Reception in the Furman Gallery with complimentary beer, wine, soft drinks and hor d’oeuvres. Film Comment Selects Feb 20 – March 5 The editors of the prestigious film journal offer you a taste of international festival favorites, bold artistic voices, rarely screened gems and new movies not coming to a theater near you. Rendez-Vous with French Cinema March 5-15 One of the Film Society’s most popular annual series launches our spring season with the best new French filmmaking. New Directors/New Films March 25 – April 5 Discover the next great directors in this acclaimed festival of emerging film talent. BECOME A MEMBER Before you buy tickets for any screenings or events, consider becoming a Film Society member to take advantage of our member’s discounted ticket price of $7 for all generally priced screenings at the Walter Reade Theater, along with membership’s other benefits. *Please Note: Ticket prices and surcharges may vary for special events or programs. Complimentary passes & vouchers are not accepted for special events or when a "no-pass" policy is posted at the box office &/or online. A separate ticket is required for each screening. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. All showings are subject to change. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management. Back to Top

TODAY'S SCHEDULE Walter Reade Theater General Admission*: $11 public $8 senior $7 Film Society member & student (w/ID), child (6-12, accompanied by an adult). Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office. Series Pass: $40 public $30 Film Society member Admits one person to five titles in a series. Available only at the Walter Reade Theater box office; may not be combined with any other ticket offer. Individual screening tickets subject to availability. During construction at Lincoln Center the Walter Reade Theater & Box Office remains open for business! Walk west on 65th Street for access to the upper level. Click on the map to see larger image.